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Celebrating 100M Flight Hours, Airbus Raking in Orders
Airbus Helicopters touted 100M fleet hours, product improvements, and new orders at Heli-Expo 2020.
With a strong 2019 in the record books, Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even outlined the company’s robust outlook for 2020 and beyond. The Airbus fleet has flown more than 100 million flight hours and the highly anticipated H160 is closer to achieving certification.  Photo: Barry Ambrose
With a strong 2019 in the record books, Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even outlined the company’s robust outlook for 2020 and beyond. The Airbus fleet has flown more than 100 million flight hours and the highly anticipated H160 is closer to achieving certification. Photo: Barry Ambrose

Airbus Helicopters (Booth 3432) CEO Bruno Even announced Tuesday at Heli-Expo 2020 that the company’s installed fleet has achieved 100 million flight hours, a record 2019 for new bookings thanks largely to strong military orders, and certification "within the next few weeks” of the new intermediate twin H160. Shell Aircraft would be one of the first operators of the H160 and fly it to support its offshore energy operations, he added.